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DNA led agents to anthrax suspect
WASHINGTON -- DNA taken from the bodies of people killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks helped lead investigators to Bruce Ivins, who oversaw the highly specific type of toxin in an Army lab, a government scientist said Sunday. Using new genome technology, researchers looked at samples of cells...
Biometrics technology a cause for concern?
IN the beginning was the fingerprint. It was in the 19th century that scientists realized the ridged whorls on the tip of the finger constituted a unique marker that could be used to tell one person from another. And the FBI built a massive database of fingerprints. ...
Spirituality: the DNA of law enforcement practice
"Peace officers are exposed to the worst that life has to offer. [T]hey see the denizens of society at their very worst--when they have just been victimized or when they have just victimized someone else. Peace officers see the perpetrators of evil and the results of their evil deeds. The...
DNA confirms remains were of Yorktown woman, 75
Skeletal remains found last March were identified yesterday by the FBI's DNA lab as those of Alice Artison, 75, who walked away from her home in the Yorktown section in 2004. Jeff Moran, spokesman for the medical examiner's office, said the FBI notified the city of the finding yesterday, and...
DNA backlog piles up for FBI
WASHINGTON -- The FBI has fallen behind in processing DNA from nearly 200,000 convicted criminals -- 85% of all samples it has collected since 2001 -- Justice Department records show. The backlog, which expands monthly, means most of the biological samples the bureau collects have not...
U.S. authorities have about 14,000 sets of human remains lacking identification
WASHINGTON -- American medical examiners and coroners held at least 14,000 sets of unidentified human remains as of 2004 -- more than twice the number of John Doe cases acknowledged by the FBI, the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics says. In a report due out today,...
Suspect in tot's death on FBI list
The FBI late yesterday added 24-year-old Alexis Flores to its "Ten Most Wanted" list, urging people to report information on his whereabouts to the nearest law enforcement agency.Up to $100,000 will be paid for information leading to his arrest, the FBI said.Described by Philadelphia police as a baby-faced Honduran drifter,...
Local DNA labs avoid state and U.S.limits
WASHINGTON -- A growing number of police crime labs are adding DNA from suspects to databases that operate outside of state and federal law by matching those suspects to unrelated crimes. Proponents say the databases, which have solved more than 50 crimes, are legitimate because no...
New York State Police to Deploy FBI Approved TrueAllele Expert System for DNA Review
Automated TrueAllele([R]) Technology to Help Fight Crime
Idea: Combine recidivism, genetics
The strengths and weaknesses of CODIS -- the Combined DNA Index System -- flow from the way it was built. In 1988, one year after British police first used DNA to solve a cold case, FBI officials began work on a system that would use computers to match genetic profiles...
Reports Activity on Unisys Corporation.
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Unisys gets FBI contract worth up to $50 million
Unisys Corp. said today it was awarded a Federal Bureau of Investigation contract potentially worth $50 million. The Blue Bell computer company will develop a new DNA index system for the FBI. It will give the agency greater flexibility to meet increased demand for DNA matching. Unisys said it will...
Charles Lindbergh, Jr. Introduced as Eldest Lindbergh Child; Kidnap Victim in the ''Crime of the Century''; Issues DNA Challenge to Lindbergh Siblings
SAN FRANCISCO -- At a press conference today San Francisco attorney Robert Damir introduced San Jose resident Charles Lindbergh, Jr. and presented detailed circumstantial evidence that he is the eldest son of Colonel Charles and Ann Morrow Lindbergh. Damir also released details about Lindbergh's life since the 1932 kidnapping...
DNA database can flag suspects through relatives
The FBI has begun permitting police investigators to pursue some criminal suspects by tracking the DNA of close relatives who have been convicted of other offenses. A study published in May in the journal Science concluded that such "partial-match searches" could greatly increase the number of cases solved through...
Louisiana: DNA TESTS GO TO FBI
The State Police transferred 45,000 DNA samples taken from adults and juveniles arrested for felonies since 2003 to the national DNA database operated by the FBI. The new samples double the DNA data from Louisiana, which previously had supplied evidence only after a felony conviction. The federal government and six...
Louisiana: STATE SENDS 45,000 DNA TESTS TO FBI DATABASE
The State Police transferred 45,000 DNA samples taken from individuals arrested on felony charges since 2003 to the national DNA database operated by the FBI. The new samples double the DNA data from Louisiana, which previously had supplied evidence only after a felony conviction. The federal government and six other...
US military in Iraq awaits FBI report on Zarqawi DNA
BAGHDAD AFP — The US military is awaiting the results of DNA tests by the FBI on the body of Al-Qaeda's slain Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, as operations continued to track down his followers. "The FBI is conducting the tests and we expect the results in a day...
FBI adds uses for its DNA database
The FBI plans to use its national DNA database system to help identify not only criminals, but also missing persons and tens of thousands of unidentified bodies held by local coroners and medical examiners. A new computer program planned for this fall will compare genetic profiles taken from unidentified...
ID kits distributed to help in missing-child cases
In the hours after Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Federal Heights-area home, her family tore apart the house to find pictures and other things that might help police find her. "When Elizabeth was abducted that morning, we were scrambling to find DNA," her father Ed Smart said...
FBI links suspected Bush attacker to grenade
TBILISI AFP — Forensic investigators from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI provided DNA evidence linking a Georgian defendant in a Tbilisi court to a grenade thrown at US President George W. Bush. The investigators said DNA found on a handkerchief in which the grenade was wrapped matched...
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